故事发生在美国的一家小镇餐厅,那里的生活暮气沉沉,无论是女店东桃莉,她的胖儿子维多,还是在那里干了十五年女侍应的狄洛丝,看起来都有如行尸走肉。直至桃莉增加了年轻漂亮的大学生柯莉当侍应生,整个餐厅才活了起来。维多暗恋上柯莉,但不敢有所表示,直至一名餐厅常客里奥在那儿买醉出了事情,维多的生命才有所改变。Victor is a cook who works in a greasy bar/restaurant owned by his mother, Dolly. It's just the two of them, a waitress named Delores, and a heavy drinking regular, Leo. But things change when Callie, a beautiful college drop-out, shows up as a new waitress and steals Victor's heart. But Victor is too shy to do anything about it, and too self-consciously overweight to dream of winning Callie away from her demanding boyfriend, Jeff. Victor's terrible loneliness overwhelms him when he has to face losing what he loves the most.